# Head of Engineering at DEPT®

> Switzerland · Director+ · Engineering management · open. Source: https://alderhq.app/jobs/greenhouse%3Adept%3A7823941 (read 2026-11-08).

## Facts (observed)

- Company: [DEPT®](https://alderhq.app/companies/dept)
- Location text: Zürich; DTCH; DTDE
- Where it can be done from (inferred): Switzerland (evidence: "Location: Zürich; DTCH; DTDE")
- Posted: 2026-04-17 (206 days ago)
- First seen by alder: 2026-11-07 · last verified: 2026-11-07
- Reposted: 0 times · edited: 0 times
- Apply on the employer's site: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/dept/jobs/7823941

## Pay and sponsorship

- Posted pay: not posted

## Description (the employer's text)

### Head of Engineering

Zurich, hybrid

DEPT® is a Growth Invention company built to help the world’s most ambitious brands grow faster. Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, our 4,000+ specialists deliver growth invention services across Brand & Media, Experience, Commerce, CRM, and Technology & Data. We’re 50\|50 tech and marketing, partner-led, and first to move. Clients include Google, Lufthansa, Meta, eBay, and OpenAI. We have been certified B Corp and Climate Neutral since 2021.

### JOB PURPOSE

This role is part of our Experience & Engineering team in Germany. We combine technology and experience design to create emotive yet conversion-focused ideas, products, and campaigns at scale and speed. Our specialty is digital experiences and communication that change perceptions and shape new behaviours to make a difference in the market.

In this key leadership position, you are responsible for the strategic direction and growth of our Engineering teams. You will lead a team of approximately 7-9 professionals, including Team Leads and Senior Engineers. Your focus shifts from writing code to building systems: you will optimize processes, develop the next generation of leaders, and actively drive the cultural change toward AI-driven development.

### WHAT YOU’LL DO

- Leadership of Leaders: You lead, coach, and mentor Team Leads and Senior Engineers. You own their career paths and empower them to lead their own sub-teams to excellence.
- AI Change Management: You define the roadmap for integrating Artificial Intelligence into the daily engineering lifecycle (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Agentic Workflows). You act as a change agent, transforming our workflows for maximum efficiency and innovation.
- Operational Excellence: You take full ownership of your department's operational performance (resource planning, budget monitoring, utilization) and ensure a profitable and scalable engineering organization.
- Strategic Partnering: You work closely with Directors and VPs to sharpen DEPT®’s technological vision in the DACH region and act as a high-level technical sparring partner for our key accounts.
- Cultural Stewardship: You foster an inclusive, motivating, high-performance culture and establish modern department rituals that promote knowledge sharing and innovation.
### WHAT YOU BRING

- Proven People Manager: You have a track record of leading teams in a "manager-of-managers" structure or significant experience leading larger engineering departments.
- Change Agent: You are passionate about the potential of AI in the software lifecycle and have a clear vision of how modern engineering organizations must evolve.
- Frontend Background: You possess a deep technical history in frontend development, allowing you to validate architectural decisions and act as a mentor on eye-level.
- Business Acumen: You understand the economic drivers of an agency or consultancy and can translate KPIs into actionable success.
- Communication: You are a confident communicator in both German and English, able to present complex technical topics to both stakeholders and clients.
### WE OFFER

- Flexible, hybrid working policy (2 days from the office, depending on location);
- 25 days holiday with the opportunity to take unpaid leave;
- Flexible health budget and Wellness & personal day.
- Learning & development budget.
- Referral bonus program.
- Occasional breakfast & lunch at the office, Smoothie Tuesday.
- Stay happy and healthy with a contribution to your health through the OpenUp platform.
- You can choose to work from the spacious and barrier-free location in Zurich; in Bern you can expect a small but nice and fully equipped office where you can hit the keys in peace.
- Social events, plenty of opportunities to connect with colleagues through organised activities and celebrations.
- A reputation for doing good. DEPT® has been a Certified B Corp® since 2021 and named ‘Agency of the Year’ at both The Lovies and The Webby Awards.
- Awesome clients. Whether big or small, local or global — at DEPT® you’ll get the opportunity to work with clients of all sizes and across all industries. And we celebrate all of our successes together!

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